Mixed media works on paper

Since 1996 I've been creating very small scale collage works, around 4" x 6".  More recently I've been scaling up the size, using a 12" x 12" pad of paper as well as a regular 9" x 12" sketch book.  Below are several of these works in a series of exercises in larger collage compositions.

 

Me and Frida and Little Hands Studio News

As the season of giving proceeds Little Hands Studio is gradually moving back into local galleries and pop-ups. The Petersham Art Center gallery member show is my first group show in many years and it's fun to get back out there and see what people think.  One of my textile pieces is in the show [the "whites" blanket https://thatknittingblog.blogspot.com/2022/08/in-studio-news-whites-afghan-continues.html] and displayed very well.  Many works are moving out into the world to live their own lives as capelets, scarves and shawls. I'm looking forward to showing works in more local galleries during 2023.

Me and Frida go back a long way and I am continually fascinated by her art and life.  During this past year I found a copy of her diary that is edited by Carlos Fuentes.  I began removing pages, thinking I would use parts of the images in my art journal. A few minutes into the process I realized that I could leave the book more or less intact and interact with the pages in wildly inappropriate ways. My path was set.  I've begun to alter the book in crazy ways to experiment with her images and diary ideas.  It's fairly mind bending and I highly recommend it. Below are a few of the pages of this work in progress.

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Collage greeting cards

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Collage cards, mixed media, 4.5 in x 6 in with a blank insert for writing.

 

Mixed media on paper

 

12.5 in. x 12.5 in. Fabriano Maxim ; Tao Te Ching text; graphite; pastel; collage; gel pen;

Mail art / Postal Art August/September 2020

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Influential Book

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It was quite a bout of mail art during last week.  I joined in Erin Fussell's year long project #howstheweatherherethere and it's juicy!  I've beeen using a little heart as the ongoing motif among  mixed media abstract collage elements.  My very deep stash has come in handy as I've expolore colors and images to express weather that is inside and outside.  

The Art Association of Sudbury, MA is calling for mail art that represents an influential book in our lives, and I've sent two verses from the Tao Te Ching, an ancient Chinese classic that I have read on and off since 1972.

One of the best parts about mail art is taking it to the mail box out on the road and putting the little red flag up before the mail carrier drives by. It means one more work of art is completed and making its way out int he world.